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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

I have a huge statue of Kermit the Frog occupying the corner of my desk. It has light-up fireflies behind Kermit and plays the Rainbow Connection. I love it.

I mention this by way of introduction to today's featured NON-Wreck, made by Heather Haynes of Clarksville, Indiana:

Yes, it's all the characters from the Muppet Show, modeled in fondant, on cake.

Awesomeness.

The Electric Mayhem is looking mighty groovy.

And I love Camilla the chicken. Say, have I mentioned that my hubby John does a fantastic Swedish Chef impersonation? Seriously. If you ever meet him, ask him to say "Bork borkbork" for you. It's downright uncanny.

Of course a Muppet Show cake would never be complete without their in-house peanut gallery, Statler and Waldorf. Still, I'm guessing even those two curmudgeons wouldn't find a thing to complain about on this sweet creation.

I don't have any info on baker Heather; I only know this cake won the blue ribbon at the 2007 Kentucky State Fair. If anyone has more info or a website for her, be sure to let me know.

Also, there's a nice slide show of these and more photos here. Thanks to all of you readers who sent in the link!

FANTASTIC!I don't think I could ever eat it though! I love the Muppets and so do my kids. I think somehow the idea of taking a bite out of Kermit is wrong :| And I'd keep Animal...he's always been my favorite, hehe.

Her name is Heather Haynes and she is from Clarksville, Indiana. She won honorable mention in 2005 in Wilton's Cake Decorating contest with a cake called "A Mad Tea Party." From what I can tell, she has no web site or anything.

You know, when The Muppet Show was on the air, my family judged the relative coolness of celebreties by how they interacted with Muppets. My father's brain nearly imploded the night Alice Cooper was on. Here was this freaky guy wearing makeup and singing songs that creeped him entirely...but he was so great with Muppets he had to be cool...but he was a freak...but he was cool...it was amusing to watch.

I'll never forget the one with Rudolph Nureyev, simply because he looked like he was having the time of his life dancing a spoof ballet (Swine Lake) and singing a duet with Miss Piggy.

I'm with middle aged woman, this would be a wedding cake to stand up and cheer for...even if I would feel guilty eating Kermit.

How is it that someone from Indiana enters the Kentucky State Fair?I don't remember seeing this cake when we went to the fair last year, and I know we stopped by the baked goods and such...Hmmm... I'll probably remember it later...

Jen, this is one of my all-time favorite cakes - I can't believe I didn't think to send this for a Sunday blog. You get extra props for posting this near Jim's birthday, too, which was this past Wednesday, 9/24.

I'm huge fan of the Muppets. I entered my wedding reception to "Mahna Mahna" (wish we'd had this cake!). My car's license plate is MUPPET (and the car's name is Camilla). My blog is named in honor of the Swedish Chef. For all of these reasons, I tip my hat to you for honoring this cake.

For anyone who's looking for some Muppety fun and news, I'd recommend checking out http://www.toughpigs.com!

I think it is the most fabulous cake I've ever seen!!!I agree, I don't think I could have eaten it. For sure I would have taken the fondant characters off and preserved them, somehow....She is awesome and the likenesses are FABU!!!Jim Henson would be so proud!

I love this cake! I live in KY and I now have made it my mission to hunt this gal down and have her make one of these cakes for me! I just can't believe the likenesses. This is the most awesome cake I have ever seen!

I also admired (and took loads of pics) of this cake at the fair last year! It's SO amazing! Heather, if you are out there, you can charge any amount for a cake even half this good and my husband will get it for me for next year's b-day, at my command! We were anxiously trying to guess which cake at this year's KY State Fair was Heather's. (Perhaps the garden gnomes? Anyone know?) This is the best cake ever.

Since nobody else has mentioned it so far, I will comment that this awesome cake is based on the gala sequence from The Great Muppet Caper. Kermit and Piggy are posed in a pretty good recreation of the fountain that Miss Piggy does her synchronized swimming number in. (Minus the fountain part, probably because Piggy still has her evening gown on.) The outfits are all exactly right. She must have watched the sequence many times to get it so right.

I found this website: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/07/01/fair-winning-muppet-show-cake/

One of the commenters on the post about the Muppet cake claims to be the baker's future sister-in-law, and stated that the baker, Heather Hayes, is not a professional, baking is just her hobby, but she hopes to one day open a bakery.

Oh. my. GOSH! I love the Muppets! I love cake!! I love this blog! Put it all together... oh, man, I think I'm hyperventilating out of the excitement of it all. This is one freakin' sweet cake. Heather, whoever and wherever you are, I bow down to you!!!

That is AWESOME. Also, I need to know where you got a Kermit with light up fireflies that plays Rainbow Connection. I mean seriously, I NEED to know this.

Statler and Waldorf would probably manage to complain about the cake being fattening if they couldn't object to the artistry. Just amazing.

(Hmm. Netflix... now that I've graduated and passed the bar and have a job, i.e. now that I have more income AND more time, it might just be time for a Netflix sub. Muppet Show would be high on the list.)

That. is so. AWESOME!! The muppets have always held a special place in my heart, and seeing such an amazingly made homage to them is the coolest thing ever. On a related note, it would have been a crime NOT to have put the Swedish chef on the cake. A crime I say! Great to see some real cake talent on this site once in a while. It gives me faith in humanity.YAAAAAAAYY! *flails!

Just thought I'd share this with everyone: there is a Swedish Chef Google (i.e. Google Bork). It's one of google's funny language things, it's just like regular google, except that the opening google page is written as if by Swedish Chef. Your searches all come back in regular English though, so funny! Here's the link:

PS - to the person who asked how someone from Indiana enters the KY state fair: Clarksville is about 5 minutes away from Louisville, KY, which is where the state fair is held. They don't limit entries to residents of Kentucky. Just FYI!

For the one or two of you who have inquired about my Kermit statue: first off, you can't have it. :)

Secondly, my hubby got it a few years ago from The Art of Disney Store at the park, and it's called a "big fig". I don't know if they still carry them there, but I did see one over on ebay. Hope that helps.

Cakes and baked good that are show items don't get eaten unless they are being entered as a taste item. At our state fair (which is still very agricultural and 4H-ish), there are many items that are submitted for taste contests. Then there are the ones such as wedding cakes, show cakes like this one etc, that are judged solely on the decorating, elaboration, constancy of theme, difficulty.

They're not cut into and eaten. And considering that they are baked and sometimes semi-constructed beforehand, and then they usually sit in a (dusty fairground) Exhibit hall for the 2 weeks of the fair....they're not anything you'd want to eat anyway.

That is so awesome! If you dont know already, there are some new shorts on youtube that are official NEW Muppet shorts. Here is something to wet your Muppet whistle!http://www.youtube.com/user/meepmeepmeepow

THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE MUPPET SHOW!! Man, I loved that show and wow that cake is incredible!! I think the timing is great considering the Disney Chanel has been incorporating the Muppet Show characters into one of their shows. Wonderful work, makes me wonder if she entered the competition this year....

Probably the Indiana State Fair. I didn't get to the Baked Goods area this year, but it looks like the display area from the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Maybe state fairs all look like that...The cakes are always amazing!

Hi! This comment isn't really relevant to the amazing muppet-fondant creation of childhood and dreams, but you may like it anyway. I recently discovered your blog and went back allllll the way to the first one. My family and I are big bakers, we don't do anything professionally but we all love your site. Thank you for reviewing horrific and splendid cakes!

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